@EyeOnBasketball: Report: Lance Stephenson could make up to $9 million as a free agent this summer

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Re: @EyeOnBasketball: Report: Lance Stephenson could make up to $9 million as a free agent this summer

I'm afraid of that. Lance leads this team in assists...well ahead of all players. He is 2nd on the team in rebounds, points and FG%...amazingly ahead of David West. You have to start looking at DWest money unfortunately. He's already producing more than George Hill by some distance.

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Re: @EyeOnBasketball: Report: Lance Stephenson could make up to $9 million as a free agent this summer

It has been a pleasure to watch his success, and the odd spontaneous things like making faces at Howard, or the odd hand slap follow through as he runs under the basket after the assist. He brings positive energy and edge, but I never worry that he will go into the stands, for example, thanks to the staff and particularly to Clark K. Presuming there are no arguments regarding his talent, I wonder whether he would be as good outside of this group. The thought of him playing with another team is not pleasant, but is it reasonable to believe that he would be as effective as he is now with any other team?

Re: @EyeOnBasketball: Report: Lance Stephenson could make up to $9 million as a free agent this summer

It has been a pleasure to watch his success, and the odd spontaneous things like making faces at Howard, or the odd hand slap follow through as he runs under the basket after the assist. He brings positive energy and edge, but I never worry that he will go into the stands, for example, thanks to the staff and particularly to Clark K. Presuming there are no arguments regarding his talent, I wonder whether he would be as good outside of this group. The thought of him playing with another team is not pleasant, but is it reasonable to believe that he would be as effective as he is now with any other team?

I think it would be a World B. Free kind of thing, who was an exciting 6th man for the championship contending Celtics before moving on to a scrub team and leading the league in scoring.

With another team, Lance could explode in terms of stats and all-star success. But he wouldn't come nearly as close to getting a ring as he would here.

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Re: @EyeOnBasketball: Report: Lance Stephenson could make up to $9 million as a free agent this summer

Teams will be taking a HUGE risk if they offer Lance more than $9mil per.

His baggage and lack of consistency have kept him cheap. Both of those things are fading. If he plays smart basketball most of the time...for the remainder of this season...teams will begin to overlook his flash and baggage because they will see way too much substance. It's all in Lance's hands. He doesn't even need to play as well as he has the last 2 games to command 8 or 9M. If he continues this level of play he may very well crack 10M. If Arenas can make double that...

Re: @EyeOnBasketball: Report: Lance Stephenson could make up to $9 million as a free agent this summer

Arenas didn't get his franchise crippling deal until his 3rd contract. And plenty of AWESOME seasons, people forget how good dude that was. The first deal he signed with Washington was great value for them.